Tas. LX XVI.
TOTANUS GLOTTOIDES.

Tot. supra fuscescenti-griseus, capite colloque fusco striatis, dorso alisque strigis fascusque fuscis
undulatis ; fronte corporeque toto subtus nivers; rectricibus duabus medius grisescentrbus,
lateralibus albis ; quatuor medis utrinque, ceteris externeé, fusco fasciatis.

Statura formaque Tot. glottidis; differt notis supernis gracilioribus, corporeque subtus toto

niveo, haud notato.

Tuis interesting species of Zotanus is nearly allied to our European Greenshank, to which it bears a close
resemblance in general colour and in the hue of its tarsi. It is, however, much inferior in size, and besides
exhibits other specific characters by which it is easily distinguished. Of these we mention only, as the principal,
that in the Himalayan bird the throat, breast and under parts are pure white, while in the Greenshank they
are blotched with brownish olive. As regards habits and manners, the two birds partake alike of the same
propensities ;—the morasses and marshy districts, among the defiles of the chain of Himalayan mountains,
affording the Totanus glottoides a resort similar in its nature to the low marshes of Europe. It appears to be
quite new, and we are not aware of its existence in any European collection, excepting that of the Zoological
Society, in which is deposited the specimen from which the figure in the “ Century ” was taken.

The general colour of the upper parts is of a light greyish brown, each feather having a lighter margin ;
the top of the head and back of the neck are white, thickly spotted with brown strie; the tail is white barred
with brown, the two middle feathers being entirely grey; the under surface is generally pure white.

The figure is of the natural size.